Patents by Inventor Fred L. Reichert

Fred L. Reichert has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Purified thermostable nucleic acid polymerase enzyme from thermosipho africanus
    Patent number: 5968799
    Abstract: A purified thermostable enzyme is derived from the eubacterium Thermosipho africanus. The enzyme has DNA polymerase, activity reverse transcriptase activity, and optionally 5'.fwdarw.3' and/or 3'.fwdarw.5' exonuclease activity. The enzyme can be native or recombinant, and may be used with primers and nucleoside triphosphates in a temperature-cycling chain reaction where at least one nucleic acid sequence is amplified in quantity from an existing sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: October 19, 1999
    Assignee: Roche Molecular Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David H. Gelfand, I. Lawrence Greenfield, Fred L. Reichert